Alberto Fernández Lopez
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 1 : Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators
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About
Provided by Alberto Fernández Lopez
Practice Areas
Litigation and International Arbitration.
Corporate companies’ lawyer in construction, civil liability, real estates, marketing of commodities, international distribution and transportation of merchandise, agency and representation agreements, devoting himself with special emphasis to the negotiation and structuring of complex contracts. Arbitrator in local and international cases with Latin American parties.
Career
Senior Partner at BTA Legal.
Professional Memberships
Costa Rican Bar Association
Member of the Arbitration Center of Costa Rica, El Salvador , Venezuela, Panama.
Arbitrator: Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commision.
Arbitrator: the Ibero-American Arbitration Center.
Spanish Arbitration Club.
Latin American Association of Law Construction. (ALDEC)
Publications
“El arbitraje en materia de representación de casas extranjeras”. Revista IUSTITIA. 2009.
"Algunos criterios relevantes sobre el arbitraje en Costa Rica tras la Ley 8937 de 2011”. Revista ARBITRAJE . Madrid. 2011
"Derecho Arbitral Jurisprudencial. Compendio de Jurisprudencia”. 2012.
"El Reglamento de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional del Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio de Costa Rica”. Revista ARBITRAJE. Madrid. 2012.
“El rol de las Judicaturas Nacionales en el Arbitraje Comercial Internacional”, en obra colectiva “Arbitraje Comercial Internacional. Reconocimiento y Ejecución de sentencias y laudos arbitrales extranjeros.” Publicación del Departamento de Derecho Internacional de la Secretaría de Asuntos Jurídicos de la Organización de Estados Americanos. 2015.
Chambers Review
Latin America
BTA Legal's head of department Alberto Fernández Lopez is highly recognised for his activity as an arbitrator in relevant Costa Rican and international proceedings under CICA and ICC rules for cases connected to civil liability claims and contractual breaches.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Alberto Fernández is very organised and efficient. He searches for strategies to bring the parties together, showing he is an excellent mediator. That really makes him stand out."
"Alberto Fernández is very organised and efficient. He searches for strategies to bring the parties together, showing he is an excellent mediator. That really makes him stand out."
